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Sargassum Pipefish
Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Other fish (coast and sea)

Sargassum Pipefish

Syngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSargassum Pipefish
Dutch—
SpanishPez pipa oceánico
Chinese漂海龙
Scientific nameSyngnathus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758

About this species

The sargassum pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus) is a species of pipefish found in the western Atlantic: Maine (United States), Bermuda, Northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina, Nova Scotia, Antilles, and western Caribbean Sea from Yucatan to Colombia. It is a marine subtropical species, up to 18.1 centimetres (7.1 in) maximal length. This is a little-studied species which is found in floating rafts of Sargassum weed where they are believed to feed on planktonic crustacea. Like other pipefish, this is an ovoviviparous species in which the male carries the fertilised eggs in a brood pouch located under his tail.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderSyngnathiformes
FamilySyngnathidae
GenusSyngnathus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1851First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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